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    Redrawing the Boundaries: Art Movements and Collectives of the 20th Century Khaleej

    Redrawing the Boundaries: Art Movements and Collectives of the 20th Century Khaleej

    (May 22 - October 13, 2025)

    ‘Redrawing the Boundaries’ traces the emergence of modern art movements across Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, collectively referred to as the Khaleej. The selected artists were not only influential in shaping modernist aesthetic languages but were also central to the founding of art institutions and the cultivation of cultural communities throughout the Arabian Peninsula.

    Hayy Cinema | Christopher Nolan's Memento, 25th Anniversary

    In acclaimed director Chrisopher Nolan’s early film Memento (2000), Leonard Shelby suffers from short-term memory loss, and attempts to track down his wife’s murderer. To cope, he uses a complex system of Polaroids and tattoos to piece together clues, but as the mystery unfolds, so does the question of truth itself in this gripping and nonlinear psychological thriller.

    Hayy Sounds, in Collaboration With Saudi Music Hub, Presents Monthly Learning Sessions

    Join us for a series of interactive workshops led by the Saudi Music Hub in Jeddah (under the Saudi Ministry of Culture’s Music Commission) at Hayy Jameel. The various workshops are aimed to support music education, exchange and collaboration between artists, educators and the wider community. Led by local and regional musicians, each workshop invites audiences of all ages and levels to explore instruments, rhythm, performance techniques and more.

    OPEN CALL | The Fifth Annual Hayy Jameel Facade Commission

    Art Jameel invites upcoming and established artists from or resident in the Kingdom to submit proposals that re-imagine Hayy Jameel’s facade as the first point in a conversation between the complex, the community it serves, and the broader public. Located on the front of the Hayy Jameel building, the Facade Commission has a prominent presence, visible to visitors as they enter as well as capturing the attention of pedestrians and drivers passing by.

    Open Call | Become the next Hayy Jameel Resident

    Hayy Jameel is searching for its next innovative, community-driven creative businesses to join its thriving ecosystem. The creative complex is built to bring together the broadest range of creative disciplines, ranging from contemporary art and performance to design and publishing through to artisanal bakeries, new cafes and eateries.